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Panicking at seeing Albany Park for the first time, and wondering at how grey the weather was. Having tea in the kitchen with my new housemates because UCAS had told me that was the best way to make friends. In all fairness, it worked... [hr] http://bitterhistorian.blogspot.com Life. St Andrews. Bud...

I am a girl. At least, I was last time I looked.

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Well, what year will you be in? I'm going to answer this assuming that you're a first-year worrying about booking flights/trains/etc home, apologies if I'm wrong: I would say it's quite important if you want to do well in the January exams, because it tends to be the week they pass all the relevant ...

My mum hasn't visited me once and has no intention of doing so all throughout my days in university. If she did, I highly doubt her concern would be about the ball that weekend. To be fair, I don't think she'd know I was even going to one... Whoever your son is, he's lucky. (Also, the Opening Ball i...

My grandad has two foot of water flowing through the middle of his house right now. This is especially entertaining given that all of his business papers are now lost, as well as all his heart medication, his hearing aid and a lot of valuable furniture. The only people to help with the clear up are ...

I was under the impression that the situation was the same in every university town, particularly the smaller ones. Our local FE college just got its full university status and the locals around here have been making similar noises of dismay because of all the new students doing horrific things like...

You'll have to wait on accommodation like everyone else, I think; they have to allocate everything once they know just how many first-years they have to squeeze in. I got my accommodation stuff about a week after results, if memory serves. Physics scholarships I can't help you with, sorry. [hr] http...

Elizabeth standing ona beach, waiting for Will, holding the hand of her ten year old son.

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I think the majority - and point - of this thread is not to belittle the kidnapping of the poor child, but to wonder what good it will do to wear a plastic ribbon tied to your chest. I think we can all agree it's tragic what happened to her in terms of the kidnapping, speculation aside, but I think ...

Quoting beeny from 12:17, 17th May 2007 Thanks. Now I'll have nightmares. And mine will be worse. [img]littleicons/crying.gif[/img] [hr] 'But what do I know? I'm a bear; I suck the heads off fish.' If it makes you feel any better (I realise it probably doesn't) at some point during this dream I was...

It was JUST like that, actually. Except on a slightly bigger scale. The killer whales slithering through the streets of St Andrews were a sight to behold.

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I had a dreaming about whales coming onto land trying to kill all humans last night. It was HORRIFIC.

I blame this thread.

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Of course, what's really a bit horrifying in the whole thing is the religious aspects behind it; Hindus can't eat beef, and I'm not sure but I'm fairly sure the rennet used will not be from cows butchered in a halal or kosher way. Incidentally, I'm not a vegetarian per se; I just don't like the tast...

Spiders. Those fuckers are frightening as hell, whatever size or type. Someone once showed me a picture of Clock Spider (Google it. I'm not going for it again) and I quite genuinely had nightmares. In second place, though, it's anything that's too big with too many legs. Centipedes, cockroaches and ...

Er, if you mean 'literally' then I have no idea. According to Christian mythology (I have no idea if this is in the Bible) and definitely according to Milton's 'Paradise Lost' (er, and Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's 'Good Omens') it happened like this: So, you know, there's God, and there's heave...

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That is the most frightening picture I've ever seen.

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By that logic, we shouldn't study medieval history or have an opinion on Edward III because we weren't actively involved in the 100 Years War, or shouldn't think about George Bush in International Relations unless you're American, or study geography because you've never been up a mountain, or take a...

From what I can tell, here, we're all defending that lovely American principle that everyone should work hard and get results, etc, etc, right? We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights , that among...

The function of social history is to make modern history students suffer as they desperately try to cram a week of new concepts into a week of revision. No wonder I'm getting so obsessed with politics. Any excuse to get away. [hr] http://bitterhistorian.blogspot.com Life. St Andrews. Budgeting. Some...

For France? Quite bluntly, no. He frightens me, particularly with his immigration policies, and his nagging tendency to use the police force as his private henchmen. Only time will tell, I suppose, what he actually performs like as a President. [hr] http://bitterhistorian.blogspot.com Life. St Andre...